You Need a Kitchen Slide Rule
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A blog post suggests using a kitchen slide rule for scaling recipes, but commenters express skepticism about its usefulness.
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I generally either make the exact recipe, half, or double. All those are easily done with the same recipe and I even use the same measuring cups and do it twice or half ... and I'm good.
I really don't do 1/3rd or other proportions.
That said, I'm not sure a kitchen slide rule would help.
PS I own two, a Pickett and a Dietzgen.
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